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Huck Finn: Two Reasons the Novel Has Been Banned



In Class Notes

Banned Book
  1. Language - coarse, vulgar images; grammar errors in dialect.
    • "...sell extra 25,000 copies"
  2. Racist - uses the "N-word" 276 times; Jim appears "cartoonish" at the end.

1884 - published
1840s - setting


Additional Notes by Students

Caron
  1. The N-word is written in the book 276 times. (Racism)
  2. Little children disobey parents, smoke, and run away.